IOWA CITY, Ia. – Theairra Taylor celebrated a breakthrough Thursday. With the Iowa women’s basketball team needing an overtime spark to beat Ohio State, Taylor turned in her best performance as a Hawkeye. “Theairra played outstanding,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said after beating the Buckeyes 77-71. “I’ve been waiting for everybody to have the opportunity [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. The emotion during Iowa’s 58-44 win Tuesday night over Robert Morris came mainly from the pep band. Playing off the Colonials’ origins, they chanted “One if by land, two if by sea!” or “Live free or die!” — among other things — when a Robert Morris player stepped to the foul line. [...]
The classics never go out of style. And Wednesday night was classic Jaime Printy. The Hawkeye senior hit a 3-pointer with 1.6 seconds left to send the game into overtime, then scored eight points in the extra period to lift Iowa to a 69-63 win over Middle Tennessee State. “The kid is having a great [...]
Today might be the first time in Jaime Printy’s Hawkeye career when she comes into the game off the bench.
Printy, coming back from an ACL injury, hurt her hamstring on Thursday.
There are 22 days between now and when the Iowa women’s basketball team takes the court for its first game of the season against Northern Illinois. Senior Jaime Printy — who had ACL surgery in February — is confident she’ll be ready to go. “I think I’ll be ready to go the first game,” Printy [...]
Iowa assistant coach Jan Jensen referred to senior Morgan Johnson and sophomore Bethany Doolittle as the “twin towers” Wednesday. The improvements made by the 6-foot-4 Doolittle have convinced Iowa coach Lisa Bluder to put her on the court with the 6-foot-5 Johnson. “She’s going to be a big impact player for us,” Bluder said of [...]
Okay, where is No. 24, and how is she feeling? The Iowa women’s basketball team had its first practice of the 2012-13 season on Monday. Senior Jaime Printy was on the court, but not fully cleared following her ACL surgery in February. “She did a good job,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said Monday after practice. [...]
Sophomore post Bethany Doolittle took the opening night of the Game Time League off.
